the father of the unfortunate child said, “Today I am the father of the dismembered corpse of my little gold piece. Is it the negligence of society or the negligence of the state? Who will take responsibility for this?
Labonno Chowdhury : Ramisa’s father is not stopping crying. Tomorrow, Sunday, June 7, 2026, the verdict in the sensitive case of Pallavi’s brutal murder is scheduled to be announced. But the father of Pallabis unfortunate child seems to be crying non-stop. His cries are, “Today, I am the father of the body of my little son, a piece of gold.” Is it the negligence of society or the negligence of the state?
The victim’s family and the general public of the country are expecting the highest and most exemplary punishment for this brutal murder. The state’s special public prosecutor Azizur Rahman Dulu said that he was able to prove the guilt of the accused in the court and demanded the death penalty (maximum punishment) for the main accused Sohel Rana and his wife Swapna Akhter. During the presentation of arguments on June 4, the main accused Sohel Rana admitted his responsibility in the court and apologized, but his wife Swapna Khatun claimed innocence.
Ramisa’s dismembered body was recovered from a flat in the Millat Camp area of Pallabi on May 19. Just 19 days after the case was filed and the formal trial began on June 1, all legal procedures and testimony (including the parents) were completed within just 9 working days and the verdict was set, making it one of the fastest trials in Bangladesh’s judicial history.
At a roundtable meeting on Saturday, the father of the unfortunate child said, “Today I am the father of the dismembered corpse of my little gold piece. Is it the negligence of society or the negligence of the state? Who will take responsibility for this? Am I responsible for it? Or who is responsible?” I wanted to be a proud father! But what happened? What kind of social system is this! May this state and social system be such that no parent’s chest will ever be empty again.
The father of the child from Pallabi asked, “I want to know—who will take responsibility for this? Is this the result of my negligence, society’s negligence, or the negligence of the state? Who will take responsibility for my precious little girl, who lies in pieces today? Am I to blame for her fate, or is someone else?”
“I do not want to be known as the father of a rape victim. I wanted to be a proud father. Give me back that identity. Give me back that dignity,” he pleaded, folding his hands before everyone at the roundtable.
The grieving father added, “If you cannot do that, what can you do then? Ensure at least a social system where no parent will ever lose their child like this again. Where no other parents will be left to weep for the rest of their lives, forced to live as walking corpses.”
He further shared that even 13 days after the incident, his wife remains severely traumatised. “My wife doesn’t know where she is going or what she is saying. She needs constant supervision. Only God knows if she will ever recover,” he said, while also expressing deep concern for his elder daughter.
The father expressed anxiety not just for his own daughters, but for all children, recounting a recent incident. He mentioned that a five-year-old girl visited his home yesterday and had already learned the word ‘rape’—something a child of her age should have no knowledge of.
The young girl is now too terrified to go to the toilet alone and refuses to leave her mother’s side. “This is the psychological state of children in Bangladesh today,” said the father. He demanded exemplary justice for his daughter’s murder.
The roundtable was attended by state minister for social welfare Farzana Sharmin, member of parliament for reserved women’s seats Nipun Roy Chowdhury, president of National Press Club Hassan Hafiz, head of the forensic medicine department at Dhaka Medical College Hospital Professor Kazi Golam Mukhlesur Rahman, and lawyer Rashna Imam, among others.
The session was moderated by the BNP’s health affairs secretary, Md Rafiqul Islam.On 19 May, the dismembered body of the child who fell victim to rape was recovered from a flat on a building in Pallabi area of Dhaka. Following the incident, the accused, Sohel—a resident of the flat—escaped by breaking the window grill of the flat’s toilet.
His wife was detained from the residence immediately, and Sohel was arrested later that evening from Fatullah in Narayanganj. The child’s father subsequently filed a case at Pallabi Police Station.
